Dakota coach Brian Benning and son injured in accident

Dakota boys basketball and golf coach Brian Benning and his son Brett, a freshman at Dakota, were injured in a car accident on Route 75 on Tuesday morning.

Jeremy Anders

Dakota boys basketball and golf coach Brian Benning and his son Brett, a freshman at Dakota, were injured in a car accident on Route 75 on Tuesday morning.
Their exact conditions were not available at press time, but a press release from Dakota High School said both were speaking to medical staff at the scene of the accident and at the hospital.
Benning has been a longtime coach in Northwest Illinois. He coached at Orangeville where he won a state football title in 1989, left to coach at Harlem and then later went to Dakota where he has been the head boys basketball and golf coach as well as an assistant football coach and teacher.
“Mr. Benning is a fantastic teacher and excellent role model for all of our students,” Dakota Schools Superintendant Michael Schiffman said. “We wish him and his son all the best and a quick recovery.”
The Dakota boys basketball team’s next game is at rival Orangeville on Thursday.
Schiffman said the Indians are planning on playing the game as scheduled and he did not know who would be coaching the team at this time.